We are delighted to announce the selection of the newest Marin County Poet Laureate for 2023-2025: Francesca Bell!
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Where the Door Opens: Writing Poetry of Place
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Meet the Author: Poet Peter Carroll Talks & Reads Americana, new books are Talking to Strangers and This Land These People The 50 States. September 21st Belmont Public Library 6:30 pm
Lily Iona MacKenzie has a memoir, Dreaming Myself Into Old Age: One Woman’s Search for Meaning, and a new collection of poems, California Dreaming, Launch September 23rd, 12-1 pm Zoom link here. Passcode: 613741.
Launch Party for Marin Poet Laureate Emerita's 5th collection of poems Starfall in the Temple has arrived, and you are invited to hear her read, Saturday, September 23rd 2:30 - 4 pm Among the Redwoods at Redwoods Presbyterian Church.
Poetry Weekend by the Great Books Council of San Francisco on November 11-2th on Zoom. Learn More
“Words on Water” Poetry Reading featuring local poets Patricia Nelson & Bonnie Thomas Art Exhibition Closing: “Lightness of Being” featuring the paintings of Thomas Monaghan. Learn More
Dave Setter wrote an incisive review of the ecopoetry of Wago Ryoichi. You can read it here
Traveling Show
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This summer, MPC members will perform their own work in venues all over the Bay Area.
Writers Group Bulletin Board
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As a result of our fall survey and following recent discussions with our members, we have created a Writers Group Clearing House/Bulletin Board where you can contact other interested writers and organize your own writer’s group.
